Student Veterans of America Jobs

Welcome to SVA’s jobs portal, your one-stop shop for finding the most up to date source of employment opportunities. We have partnered with the National Labor Exchange to provide you this information. You may be looking for part-time employment to supplement your income while you are in school. You might be looking for an internship to add experience to your resume. And you may be completing your training ready to start a new career. This site has all of those types of jobs.

Here are a few things you should know:
  • This site is mobile friendly. You do not need a log-in or password to access information.
  • Jobs on this site are original and unduplicated and come from three sources: the Federal government, state workforce agency job banks, and corporate career websites. All jobs are vetted to ensure there are no scams, training schemes, or phishing.
  • The site is refreshed daily to remove out-of-date content.
  • The newest jobs are listed first, so use the search features to match your interests. You can look for jobs in a specific geographical location, by title or keyword, or you can use the military crosswalk. You may want to do something different from your military career, but you undoubtedly have skills from that occupation that match to a civilian job.

Job Information

Bridgestone Americas Industrial Maintenance Technician in Griffin, Georgia

Company Overview

Wherever you work and whatever role you fill, when you represent the Bridgestone name you know that you are a valued teammate who is part of our larger mission to “Serve Society with Superior Quality.” We start by offering each teammate more than just a salary. We provide formal training, competitive performance incentives, paid vacation and holidays, healthcare packages for full-time and part-time employees, and a 401k plan to help build your future.

We believe people can only provide superior service and quality to others when they are allowed to bring their whole selves to work and know they are supported. We believe in championing all perspectives, individuals and teams because we understand the importance of seeing the world and our business through many different lenses. We are building a team as diverse as the world we serve. So, show us what you’re made of. Show us the smart stuff, the tough stuff, the bold, beautiful and brave stuff. Because who you are is what we need.

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee and is the U.S. subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone Americas and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

Job Category

Production & Skilled Trades

Position Summary

Positions in this sub-family are responsible for managing or performing skilled trades and lower level apprentice craft work for construction, maintenance, and repair of facilities systems, buildings, and equipment. Responsible for performing complete operation checkout, modification, disassembly, repair, reassembly, test calibration, diagnosis, and correction of problems. Follows repair and return processes to ensure high quality and short cycle time of repair and return. Sets up necessary repair and test facilities.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain equipment for industrial production, industrial processing, pipeline distribution systems, conveyors.

  • Install machinery and make minor adjustments to equipment and machinery.

  • Perform preventive maintenance, take apart equipment to make repairs, inspect parts for damage, replace worn and broken parts, and reassemble equipment.

  • Test and observe running machinery.

  • Use soldering irons, hoists and lifts, grinders, hand tools, power tools, welding equipment, testing equipment.

  • Test fixed machinery

  • Clean and lubricate parts.

  • Read and use blueprints, schematics, manuals, technical drawings, work orders, test results, machine error messages.

  • Record all work activities using CMMS.

  • Use PLC software to identify and correct machine issues.

  • Comply with safety regulations.

  • Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

At least 5 years of Industrial Maintenance in multi-craft manufacturing environment or 3+ years maintenance related military experience or completed program and 2 years of Industrial Maintenance experience.

Preferred candidate must possess general computer skills, PLC Experience, and Presentation/Communication Skills.

Compensation and Benefits Offered:

  • Pay: $32.89-$39.25/hr

  • $3,000 sign on bonus ($1,500 after 1 month and $1,500 after 1 year)

  • Weekly Pay

  • Shift Premiums Available

  • First day eligibility for medical, dental, vision, and life insurance

  • Ability to earn 176 PTO Hours per year.

  • 11 Paid Holidays

  • Employee Referral Program

  • Tuition reimbursement

Bridgestone is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. It is our policy to consider for employment all individuals regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Employment Eligibility

If hired, a Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification must be completed at the start of employment. Temporary work authorization or the need for sponsorship may disqualify you from employment.

DirectEmployers